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A launch of three-bedroom holiday homes (1,400-1,506 sq ft) on Druids Glen golf course, Newtown Mount Kennedy. Each house has a white oak fitted kitchen, underfloor bathroom heating, central vacuum system and Siemens built-in appliances. They also each have a balcony and outdoor decking area. Buyers are entitled to life membership of Druids Glen, winner of last year’s International Association of Golf Tour Operators European golf course of the year award

Agent: Hamilton Osborne King, 01 618 1300, www.hok.ie

They say: Ample car parking

We say: Although new, these are just large enough to attract stamp duty

Commute: A 10-minute drive from Greystones, 40km from Dublin

Co Dublin from €425,000

The Grange launched late last year amid enough hype to prompt a Ross O’Carroll-Kelly skit about its claims to exclusivity. Whether the “select living” line worked, or sheer demand for new apartments in south Dublin kicked